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By JAMES KELLY ();

June 26, 1960,

, Section Book Review, Page BR26, Column , words

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IN this novel about the mores, myths, ethnological origins, racial clashes and stately ambitions of Hawaii, Peter Gilman provides tailored reading for people who regard fiction as a waste of time. Relying upon his post-war experience as Associated Press man on the South Pacific beat, the author in this first novel gives us an anthology of fact, fiction and good human interest stuff about an island Eden he knows well.

June 26, 1960

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